A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana raised the question while hearing a petition against Nath's exclusion from the race due to an ongoing CBI probe into the sub-inspector (SI) recruitment scam.
The State has withdrawn the integrity certificate issued to Nath for consideration for the DGP post in view of the CBI's request and is now sending a fresh list of IPS officers to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) as part of the DGP appointment process.
Today, Justice Bagchi asked whether the State should not have informed the CBI beforehand about the pending CBI probe.
"We are not saying the integrity certificate should be withdrawn.
While giving an example of a police officer accused in an FIR over use of pellet guns against protesters, Justice Bagchi asked,"Should the UPSC be kept in the dark about this FIR?"
A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana raised the question while hearing a petition against Nath's exclusion from the race due to an ongoing CBI probe into the sub-inspector (SI) recruitment scam.
The State has withdrawn the integrity certificate issued to Nath for consideration for the DGP post in view of the CBI's request and is now sending a fresh list of IPS officers to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) as part of the DGP appointment process.
Today, Justice Bagchi asked whether the State should not have informed the CBI beforehand about the pending CBI probe.
"We are not saying the integrity certificate should be withdrawn. We are not clear on that. But what we are asking is: if the FIR has already been registered, it refers to a certain role and names the person as an accused, then is it not the duty of the State Government to place this before the Commission?" the judge asked.
While giving an example of a police officer accused in an FIR over use of pellet guns against protesters, Justice Bagchi asked,
"Should the UPSC be kept in the dark about this FIR?"
